Visa and passport department must be cleared of bribery: Armenian premier
27.06.2008,
04:16
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has instructed Armenian Police Chief Alik Sargsyan to prepare a package of proposals on measures which are necessary to eradicate bribery in the country’s visa and passport department.
YEREVAN, June 26. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has instructed Armenian Police Chief Alik Sargsyan to prepare a package of proposals on measures which are necessary to eradicate bribery in the country’s visa and passport department.
“Only well-prepared and prompt measures are able to improve the operation of this department,” the premier stated at the regular government meeting.
Sargssyan stressed that dozens of people, both citizens of Armenia and those arriving from Diaspora, complain of this department’s operations.
“The bribery problem is obviously serious in this sphere. The department provides services on behalf of the government but they fix their own tariffs and charge money from the people,” the premier said stressing that the situation can’t be tolerated.
The minister also talked of the reports on violation of traffic rules. They violate the traffic rules everywhere in Armenia, he said.
“Traffic rules are breached both by oligarchs and by common citizens,” the premier noted.
Sargssyan said the Police Chief is doing a good job now reforming the traffic rules in Armenia.
“Of course, the primary targets of our reforms are the oligarchs. If we manage to make them obey the rules, we will find it easier to change the situation in general,” the premier said. --0--
“Only well-prepared and prompt measures are able to improve the operation of this department,” the premier stated at the regular government meeting.
Sargssyan stressed that dozens of people, both citizens of Armenia and those arriving from Diaspora, complain of this department’s operations.
“The bribery problem is obviously serious in this sphere. The department provides services on behalf of the government but they fix their own tariffs and charge money from the people,” the premier said stressing that the situation can’t be tolerated.
The minister also talked of the reports on violation of traffic rules. They violate the traffic rules everywhere in Armenia, he said.
“Traffic rules are breached both by oligarchs and by common citizens,” the premier noted.
Sargssyan said the Police Chief is doing a good job now reforming the traffic rules in Armenia.
“Of course, the primary targets of our reforms are the oligarchs. If we manage to make them obey the rules, we will find it easier to change the situation in general,” the premier said. --0--
